Labor Day & Giggles

Labor Day started with some laboring at home...I re-organized our storage room in the basement. It is still packed tight, but at least there is some organization and I was able to get to my Fall decorations! That afternoon we headed over to the Frankfort Fall Festival. This was our first time going, but it was heaven (to me at least). It is ranked #4 in the nation. There were soooo many vendors! Not to mention there was great food, a carnival, and music. Wally actually enjoyed walking up and down every aisle too - there was so much neat stuff there. I think this will become a Labor Day tradition and I think I need to get my mom over there too - she would love it as well!

I didn't take any pics all day, but I caught some of the best giggles on video that night after dinner! If this video doesn't make you smile and giggle too, I don't know what will!!!

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UPDATE: Luke and I just watched this video together and he laughed almost just as hard as he did in the video - too funny!

Swanson Family Fun

Sunday was Swanson family fun day. We met my mom at church and then headed over to their house for the day. Stacey and Mike were home for the day too and my grandparents and Aunt Kathy came over to grill out. It was a fun-filled day!!!

A big ol' hug for his Papa!

He always has to play in the back of Papa's truck

Kathy bought some cool rain boots for Luke. He was thrilled :)

Kathy and Luke were matching so we had to get a pic!

Luke played some bags with Papa too!

Some ring around the rosy with Grammy and Papa in the kitchen!

Zukowski Family Fun

After Luke's tumbling class Saturday morning we headed to LP for part of the weekend. We spent the day with the Zukowski family enjoying some great food, great company, and an Irish win.

He's had this cool bike at Grandma & Grandpa Z's house for awhile....

he can ALMOST reach the pedals now!

Making some frog sounds with Aunt Emmy

Time for some croquet!

or some drum playing!

Emmy trying to show Luke the boats on the river.

Ashes, ashes, we all fall DOWN!

Aunt Abby doing her somersault and then Luke did his!

Aunt Carly came by too since she was going to be having some fun in Chicago on Sunday!

Friday Night Fire

We had our first fire in probably 2 years on Friday night. I have no idea why we don't do this more often...it was so relaxing (albeit pretty windy that particular night)! This was Luke's first fire though and he was little nervous at first. He kept asking to go in the house, but once we brought out the ingredients for s'mores, he was much happier!

He's not sure what to think...

Enjoying his s'more!

Some family pics (too bad Luke his mid-bite - ha!)

and one with Nala

and one with Will!

Happy 90210!

Get it...9/02/10! My bestest friend Jes text me today saying "Happy 90210!". Now if you really, really know me well, you know my slight obsession with this show. I had the series finale recorded on VHS up until a few years ago when it was accidentally taped over (this was before we upgraded to the never-live-without-it-again DVR). That was a sad day when it was taped over - seriously!

Before Luke came into our world and made the after work relaxation time a bit less relaxing, I watched the reruns on Soap Network at 4 and 5 PM. Yes, laugh if you must, but I did it. These reruns were especially important when I was pregnant with Luke and would get home from work and be exhausted beyond words! Wally would always comment on how I have seen a particular episode probably at least 10 times...sorry, but it never gets old!

If I knew I wouldn't get made fun of by everyone I know, would I name my kids (if I had 2 boys of course) Dylan and Brandon? Of course! :) I love both of those names! Now as for Kelly, Donna, and Brenda...I think I will have to pass on those for girls' names. However, my son is named Luke, and well, Dylan was played by Luke Perry. hhhhhmmmm...coincidence???? (The answer to that is actually yes, it is pure coincidence - honestly!).

So thank you to Jes for making this day in history known to me - otherwise, I am not sure how I would have lived my life knowing I missed 90210 :)

Corn on the Cob

Last week we enjoyed some really good corn on the cob. The first time we had it this summer Luke wouldn't touch it. This time he was at least willing to try!

Fun at the County Fair

This past weekend was the Will County Fair. The fairgrounds are in Peotone, which is like 5 minutes from us. We headed to the fair on Sunday, and it was HOT!!! Seriously, where is the cool weather????

Here was our day in pictures...

Enjoying his first corndog!

Piggies in the kid's animal farm area.

Luke LOVES goats!!!

And he also loves the tractors and mowers and so on...